The toon characters Sammy and Sadie are now available at the DAZ Store, recreated for DAZ Studio’s Genesis character system…
I was impressed by the new look at a first glance, but then I very quickly had reservations. I think that’s perhaps for two reasons. Firstly, with toons the closer you get to a photo-real look, the creepier they get (see the Tintin movie, etc). Sam & Sadie’s ‘melted-chocolate’ hair probably doesn’t help to ease these characters out of the ‘creepy zone’. And secondly the DAZ renders have somehow lost the freshness and appeal of the Sammy character, in the main ‘splash’ image and in Sammy’s individual character image. But… perhaps it’s just a matter of presentation, and once people start using these new characters, they’ll look fine.